It is necessary to create holding companies out of major light industry enterprises. Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vladimir Semashko gave the relevant instructions to top officials of the Belarusian light industry concern Bellegprom, the concern’s press service reported. Vladimir Semashko took part in a session of the Bellegprom management board. In his speech he…
Plans have been made to set up a Belarusian-Turkish joint venture to make soft furniture at premises of the Molodechno-based furniture maker ZAO Molodechnomebel, Ruzhena Novitskaya, Press Secretary of the Belarusian timber, woodworking, pulp and paper industry concern Bellesbumprom, reported. A delegation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Turkish city of Inegol…
A mini thermal power plant worth $8.82 million burning locally available fuel will be built in Volkovysk (Grodno Region) at the expense of credit resources provided by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Energy Ministry of Belarus reported. They plan to launch the power plant by May 2018. The plan is to install…
Belarus suggests taking stepwise action to create the single pharmaceutical market in the Eurasian Economic Union, Belarus’ Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said when speaking at an expanded-participation meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Sochi. Andrei Kobyakov noted that Belarus was concerned with the lack of progress in the development of the single internal market…
Belarus and Moldova will intensify cooperation in seed production, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Moldova reported. The matter was discussed during a meeting between Moldova’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Eduard Grama and Director General of the Research and Practical Center for Arable Farming of Belarus’ National Academy of Sciences Fyodor…
As much as 750 million Russian rubles (RUB) will be poured into the Russian-Belarusian machine-building cluster based in Russia’s Cherepovets in the next decade, reads a message posted on the official web site of the governor of Russia’s Vologda Region. The regional government of Russia’s Vologda Region, Cherepovets Mayor’s Office, Cherepovets Castings Factory, Minsk Automobile…
Belarus’ exports of oil products dropped by 1% YoY in January-June to 8.86 million tons, Belstat said in a report. In value terms, Belarus’ exports of petroleum products decreased by 35%, to $2.45 billion. Belarus blames the drop in proceeds on the decline in oil prices on the global market. The largest volume of Belarusian…